Saturday, July 19, 2014

America's Next Top Model, Cycle 14, Episode 9 Recap

The episode opens up with the girls in their new pad in New
Zealand. Jessica is in the kitchen making tacos, and nearly sets the
house on fire. You see, she left the tacos on a toaster, hoping to warm
up the tortillas.

We also learned that Jessica considers herself a housewife...yet she
cannot cook. Her husband cooks? Yeah, myself and most of the girls in
the house were dumbfounded. A housewife, who cannot cook.

One of the
girls slaps a foul comment out there about how she feels bad about
Jessica's baby, or something foul along that line. At any rate, I
couldn't disagree, because as the fire roars on, and the toaster is
still plugged in, she throws a wet towel on top of it... which has got
to be the dumbest thing I've ever seen someone do. Electric fires, are
much different, you don't throw water onto an electrical fire putz.

Anyhow, it seems that old alliances are breaking, and new ones are
being formed. The black sheep used to be Alexandra. She sort of just
faded out into nowhere, and never really had much involvement with the
other girls in the house. It seems however, that her and Krista are new
BFF, while Angelea is ousted.

Raina is high on the fact that she is in such a lovely country, and
her energy is nice to see, but at the same time, a little annoying...
and I still think that she should tweeze them brows.

Anyhow, the girls are all whisked away to the original set of Lord of
the Rings. It's neat as hell, because set up on a hill are a bunch of
hobbit homes. The girls meet with Jay and Sara Mcleod, and actual
actress who played as a hobbit in the movie.

The reason for the visit to the hobbit lair is to let the girls know
that they will have to model in tight places, and they have to make it
look comfortable. They will be taking photos in the doorway of one of
the hobbit homes. I was hoping they'd be modeling inside of the mini
homes, but that never happened.
At any rate, Alexandra does some weird poses, and sticks her
legs up in the air. She gets OK feedback, but everyone was confused
about the legs in the air while on her back pose. Haha! At any rate, her
feedback is not harsh or bad.

Raina... like Jessica just does not do it for me. It appears she's trying really hard, but her feedback is not to bad either.

Krista does an excellent job again, although for me, she never
makes the cut. I just think she's way to skinny. At any rate, her
feedback is also positive, with borderline glowing comments from the
judges.
Angelea also does a good job, and receives positive feedback for her posing.

The winner of the challenge however is Krista, again. She wins $3,000
worth of clothing, on top of her challenge win from last week. Back at
the house, she's got her new stuff, and her shopping spree.

Angelea is bitter about Krista's win, and it shows. Krista however
gloats, and she and Alexandra begin to poke fun at her due to the way
she walked up to the judges in last weeks episode. 'The Club' walk.

Anyhow, the next itinerary is the photo shoot. The girls are taken to a
vineyard, where their job is to capture the light, even when shadows
and difficult situations with lighting is presented. Tyra is their
photographer this week. The girls are dressed in wardrobe that does not
really stick out as flattering, and then their hair is saturated in mud
clay.

While attempting to model, screens with cut outs are placed in front
of the light, which create interesting and unique shadows on the girls
faces and bodies.

Alexandra manages to inspire Tyra, and Tyra liked her posing
variations. Jessica does not offer much variation in her posing, and
Raina was boring to watch. Angelea also struggled, once again. I was
disappointed to see this, but like Jay mentions later, she does
fantastic up until one of the judges are her photographer. Krista wows
Tyra again, and it's obvious that likely she will take this weeks best
photograph again.

Back in panel, best shot of the week is once again, Krista. The runner
up, oddly enough is Alexandra. My favorite, Angelea takes in third
place, and our bottom 2 are Raina and Jessica.

At this point, as a viewer, it's very obvious who will be sent home. No guesswork is needed. Taco Fire is sent home, and Raina passes on through to the next round.